The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture and Design (Paperback, 1)

Foreword: Deyan Sudjic, Emeritus Director, Design Museum, London Introduction: Fleur Watson Curating and collecting contemporary design in the local/ global context. Aric Chen (Hong Kong/Beijing, China) in conversation with Kayoko Ota (Tokyo, Japan) Chapter 1: Design as Exhibit (Curator as Space-maker) Meta-curation for inclusion and diversity. Catherine Ince (London, UK) in conversation with Prem Krishnamurthy (New York, US/Berlin, Germany) Chapter 2: The Prosthetic (Curator as Interloper) Fridge in a tree: On curating and memory, remembrance and representation. Brook Andrew (Melbourne, Australia) in conversation with Carroll Go-Sam (Brisbane, Australia) Chapter 3: The Mediator of Process / Research (Curator as Translator) Curating ‘potential’. Rory Hyde (London, UK) in conversation with Eva Franch i Gilabert (London, UK) Chapter 4: The Hybrid to the Digital (Curator as Speculator) Curatorial labour. Mimi Zeiger (Los Angeles, USA) in conversation with Marina Otero Verzier (Rotterdam, Netherlands) Chapter 5: The Advocate/Activist (Curator as Agent) The design of cultural agency. Zoe Ryan (Chicago, USA) in conversation with Beatrice Leanza (Lisbon, Portugal) Chapter 6: The Event as Performance (Curator as Dramaturge) Performing and exhibiting ‘design ideas’. Paola Antonelli (New York, USA) in conversation with Fleur Watson (Melbourne, Australia) Conclusion: The New Curator: Towards a Specialised Practice Independence as a disruptive curatorial practice in the global south. Patti Anahory (Praia, Cabo Verde Islands) in conversation with Paula Nascimento (Luanda, Angola) Afterword: Professor Leon van Schaik AO, Emeritus Professor, RMIT University Selected Bibliography Credits and Acknowledgements Index